3rd Baltic Front

The 3rd Baltic Front was a front of the Soviet Red Army that was active from 21 April to 16 October 1944 during World War II. The front consisted of the Soviet 42nd Army, the Soviet 54th Army, the Soviet 67th Army, and the 14th Air Army, and the front was commanded by Ivan Maslennikov during the Baltic Offensive. During 179 days of existence, the front suffered 43,155 killed and missing in action as well as 153,876 wounded, sick, and frostbitten. Upon the capture of the Latvian capital of Riga, the front was disbanded as a headquarters, and its component armies were reassigned.